Hunt for body of murder victim Suzanne Pilley continues

Suzanne Pilley&apos;s father Robert with a photograph of her. Her ex-lover David Gilroy was found guilty of her murder in March last year but her body has never been found

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Scotland Staff

Tuesday June 11 2013, 1.01am, The Times

Human remains found at a nature reserve in Edinburgh are not those of murder victim Suzanne Pilley, police have confirmed.

A body was discovered by a member of the public in a shallow grave in woodland at Corstorphine Hill, Edinburgh, at around 5.30pm on Thursday.

Police Scotland said that the remains belong to an unidentified female and confirmed that, the body was not that of Ms Pilley, a 38-year-old book-keeper who went missing from her home more than three years ago. Her ex-lover David Gilroy was found guilty of her murder in March last year although her body was never found.

In relation to the Corstorphine Hill discovery, police said their focus is now on trying to identify the female and work out how she